The winners of the 2013 BEST Awards.

7. BEST Leader Table Sponsors

8. BEST Friend Table Sponsors
Alamo Architects The PR Boutique/Alteza
Centro Properties/ San Antonio Convention &
Kuper Sotheby’s International Realty Visitors Bureau
City of San Antonio – Capital San Antonio Museum of Art
Improvement Management Services
San Antonio River Authority
City of San Antonio –
San Antonio Tourism Council
Downtown Operations
Silver Ventures/Pearl
Ford, Powell & Carson, Inc.
Valero Alamo Bowl
Geekdom
VIA Metropolitan Transit
Hixon Properties
Weston Centre
Hyatt Regency/Grand Hyatt
Wigodsky & Associates
Marmon Mok
Paseo del Rio Association

12. Mistress of Ceremonies
Ursula Pari

13. Awards Jury
Kay Harig Michael Cortez
Office Source M.T.C., Inc.
Sho Nakpodia
The Mighty Group

14. @bedowntown
#bestsa

15. W I N N E R S

16. 2013 Downtowner of
The Year

17. Irby Hightower

19. Irby Hightower
2013 Downtowner of the Year

20. BEST Adaptive Use –
Commercial Project

21. Boiler House
Texas Grill & Wine Garden

25. Boiler House
Texas Grill & Wine Garden
BEST Adaptive Use –
Commercial Project

26. BEST Adaptive Use –
Residential Project

27. Steel House Lofts

31. Steel House Lofts
BEST Adaptive Use –
Residential Project

32. BEST Arts & Culture
Programming

33. Courtyards:
Architecture & Landscape
4-part Lecture Series

37. Courtyards:
Architecture & Landscape
4-part Lecture Series
BEST Arts & Culture Programming

38. BEST Cultural Facility

39. The Briscoe Museum of
Western Art
Jack Guenther Pavilion

43. The Briscoe Museum of
Western Art
Jack Guenther Pavilion
BEST Cultural Facility

44. BEST New Construction &
Public Art Incorporation

45. Robert B. Green
Clinical Services Building

49. Robert B. Green
Clinical Services Building
BEST New Construction &
Public Art Incorporation

50. BEST Interior Renovation

51. Hilton Palacio del Rio

55. Hilton Palacio del Rio
BEST Interior Renovation

56. BEST Marketing Campaign

57. Valero Alamo Bowl
Downtown Partners Program

61. Valero Alamo Bowl
Downtown Partners Program
BEST Marketing Campaign

62. BEST Inaugural Event

63. Milam Building/
Over the Edge

67. Milam Building/
Over the Edge
BEST Inaugural Event

68. BEST Street Event

69. A Taste of
Houston Street

73. A Taste of
Houston Street
BEST Street Event

74. BEST Promotion

75. “Art of the Table”
Aphrodite & The Gods of Love Exhibit

79. “Art of the Table”
Aphrodite & The Gods of Love Exhibit
BEST Promotion

80. BEST New Business
Incubator

81. Geekdom

85. Geekdom
BEST New Business Incubator

86. BEST Public/Private
Partnership – Event Series

87. Downtown Tuesday

91. Downtown Tuesday
BEST Public/Private Partnership –
Event Series

92. BEST Public/Private
Partnership – Outdoor Space

93. Constance & Crofton
Pocket Park

97. Constance & Crofton
Pocket Park
BEST Public/Private Partnership –
Outdoor Space

98. BEST Residential

99. The Alteza

103. The Alteza
BEST Residential

104. BEST New Restaurant

105. NAO – New World Flavors

109. NAO – New World Flavors
BEST New Restaurant

110. BEST New Retail Space

111. Dos Carolinas

115. Dos Carolinas
BEST New Retail Space

116. BEST in Sustainability

117. Hipolito F. Garcia
Federal Building &
U.S. Courthouse

121. Hipolito F. Garcia
Federal Building &
U.S. Courthouse
BEST in Sustainability

122. BEST Work in Progress

123. Tobin Center for the
Performing Arts

127. Tobin Center for the
Performing Arts
BEST Work in Progress

128. BEST New Parade
(Wild Card)

129. “Here’s to Our Heroes”
Military River Parade

133. “Here’s to Our Heroes”
Military River Parade
BEST New Parade (Wild Card)

134. BEST New Public Building
(Wild Card)

135. Public Safety Headquarters

139. Public Safety Headquarters
BEST New Public Building
(Wild Card)

140. BEST Spa
(Wild Card)

141. Mokara Spa

145. Mokara Spa
BEST Spa
(Wild Card)

146. BEST Tour Guide
(Wild Card)

147. Jamie Calberg

150. Jamie Calberg
BEST Tour Guide
(Wild Card)

151. BEST Public Outdoor Space
People’s Choice Award

152. San Antonio River
Improvements Project –
Museum Reach Urban Segment

156. “The Museum Reach”
BEST Public Outdoor Space
People’s Choice Award

157. Lifetime Achievement
For Support of the
Visitor Industry

158. Milton Guess

162. Milton Guess
Lifetime Achievement for
Support of the Visitor Industry

163. Congratulations
BEST Winners!

169. BEST Leader Table Sponsors

170. BEST Friend Table Sponsors
Alamo Architects The PR Boutique/Alteza
Centro Properties/ San Antonio Convention &
Kuper Sotheby’s International Realty Visitors Bureau
City of San Antonio – Capital San Antonio Museum of Art
Improvement Management Services
San Antonio River Authority
City of San Antonio –
San Antonio Tourism Council
Downtown Operations
Silver Ventures/Pearl
Ford, Powell & Carson, Inc.
Valero Alamo Bowl
Geekdom
VIA Metropolitan Transit
Hixon Properties
Weston Centre
Hyatt Regency/Grand Hyatt
Wigodsky & Associates
Marmon Mok
Paseo del Rio Association